形状

Every meaning

In the Library

• 指南针最早也不是为了航海：两千多年前，人们用磁石做成勺子的形状，用来占卜和看风水

  四大发明是谁说的？ · Who named the Four Great Inventions of China? · HSK 6

• 一种看法认为，量词像一个个抽屉，把东西按形状归类：细长又柔软的用“条”，比如一条鱼、一条河、一条裤子

  中文为什么要用量词？ · Why does Chinese have measure words? · HSK 6

Its characters

• 形xíngshape; form
• 状zhuàngshape; form; state (as in 形状, 状态)

Words with 形

• 外形wàixíngexternal form
• 形成xíngchéngto form
• 形容xíngróngto describe
• 形式xíngshìform
• 形势xíngshìsituation
• 形象xíngxiàngimage
• 地形dìxíngterrain
• 情形qíngxingsituation

Words with 状

• 现状xiànzhuàngcurrent situation
• 状况zhuàngkuàngcondition
• 状态zhuàngtàistate
• 症状zhèngzhuàngsymptom
• 告状gàozhuàngto tell on someone
• 状元zhuàngyuántop scorer (in an exam or field)